10.4 Force SSL when accessing the manager application via HTTP

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Information

Use the transport-guarantee attribute to ensure SSL protection when accessing the manager application.

Rationale:

By default when accessing the manager application via HTTP, login information is sent over the wire in plain text. By setting the transport-guarantee within web.xml, SSL is enforced.

Note: This requires SSL to be configured.

Solution

Set <transport-guarantee> to CONFIDENTIAL in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml:

<security-constraint>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Default Value:

By default this configuration is not present.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/4103